From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: bug#25296: fully functional desktop installation Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2017 11:16:29 +0100 Message-ID: <87shotx3eq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20161229171045.263747a9@riseup.net> <87bmvpb21m.fsf@gnu.org> <20170108041145.6d9a5cbc@riseup.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39692) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cQAXB-0004Yg-SH for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2017 05:17:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cQAX8-0007s2-Lq for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2017 05:17:05 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:59312) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cQAX8-0007rw-ID for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2017 05:17:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cQAX8-0001e3-AH for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2017 05:17:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20170108041145.6d9a5cbc@riseup.net> (quiliro@riseup.net's message of "Sun, 8 Jan 2017 04:11:45 -0500") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Quiliro Cc: 25296@debbugs.gnu.org Hi Quiliro! Quiliro skribis: > On Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:11:01 +0100 > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) wrote: [...] >> The desktop example contains all of GNOME, when choosing GNOME, which >> provides an email client, Web browser, and lots of other things. > > I don't find the email client. > The web browser will not reproduce videos. This is a bug that needs to be treated separately. Clearly Nautilus should be able to play videos. > I have no idea how to chat in Gnome. (Of course I will investigate.) There=E2=80=99s Pidgin, but maybe it=E2=80=99s not really part of GNOME. > What you say makes sense. But what users that cannot learn to install > need to work on their own matters is very important in order for them to > be able to advocate the free system. Perhaps we do not want to promote > the use of Flash or Microsoft Office formats. These issues are > critical. But they are not against the FSDGs. And the user must notice > we are able to offer those capabilities. We must always insist in > suggesting to use the libre alternatives. In this case, we should not > avoid including the ability to read those formats. I agree, but again, I think GNOME provides everything for these tasks. Also, at this point, the target audience of GuixSD is not =E2=80=9Cusers th= at cannot learn to install=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94if someone managed to install Guix= SD, surely they=E2=80=99ll find out how to install LibreOffice. > I have also had problems with Mimetypes. Many files will not open > because the Gnome will not identify which program is appropriate. Sounds like a bug. Could you report all the details to bug-guix@gnu.org: how to reproduce, what you expected, and what you got? Thank you! Ludo=E2=80=99.